catium.vim

add an element of nyan cat to vim

How come there is nyan-mode for Emacs,
and yet nothing similar for Vim? Well fear no longer! Introducing catium.vim!

Screenshots

Installation

Before you install this plug-in you have to make sure that your Vim install has
the necessary components installed. To check run vim --version, then look for
multi_byte and statusline. If there is a + in front of both of them, then
you’re good to go.

To install any Vim plug-in you have a few options:

1. Put Files Into Root of the .vim Directory (Not Recommended)

Without a plug-in manger (like the ones below) you have to manually put each
file/folder (plugin/, doc/, autoload/, etc.) into the root of your .vim folder.
I highly recommend that you use one of the plug-in mangers below for less
manual work and easier organization.

2. Pathogen, by tpope

To use Pathogen you first have to
install it. After the installation process, type the following command
into a terminal, assuming you have git installed:

cd ~/.vim/bundle
git clone git://edryd.org/catium.vim

3. Vundle, by gmarik

To use Vundle you first have to
install it by following the instructions on the repository. After the
installation process, insert the following into your .vimrc file:

Plugin 'edvb/catium.vim'

And then type this while inside Vim:

:source %
:PluginInstall

4. NeoBundle, by Shougo

To use NeoBundle you first have to
install it by following the instructions on the repository. After the
installation process, insert the following into your .vimrc file:

NeoBundle 'edvb/catium.vim'

And then type this while inside Vim:

:source %
:NeoBundleInstall

Setup

To Have Nyan Cat appear on your status line put the following line in your
.vimrc file:

set statusline+=%{g:Catium()}

Make sure to have this in your .vimrc as well:

set laststatus=2

Configuration

There are 4 different “components” of Nyan Cat that you can change:

component

Example

Description

trail

======

The rainbow that Nyan Cat leaves behind him

body

[]

The poptart/body of Nyan Cat

head

*

The face of Nyan Cat

space

------

The empty space in front of Nyan Cat

You can change each component by using the following command where
component is the type of component from the list above and
componentNum is the option for the component (default 0) from the list
below:

let g:catium#<component> = <componentNum>

Trail

componetNum

Preview

0

=

1

/

2

\

3

/\

Body

componetNum

Preview

0

[]

1

▩

2

□

3

[∴]

4

[,_,]

Face

componetNum

Preview

0

*

1

ه

2

:3

Space

componetNum

Preview

0

-

1

_

2

∴

3

∵

4

∴∵

Note: Some of the text above is Unicode, so if you are seeing weird letters
then you are not loading Unicode correctly (should be fine in Vim).